No uploads were happening so reinstalled my CMS again and discovered that although the install appears to work, in actual fact it trips up just before completing. Found this error below in the logs:
[Tue Sep 02 18:19:54 2008] [error] ALERT - function within blacklist called: mail()
That function sends a text email to newly registered users.
The upload error from the past install is Sep 02 17:40:09 2008] [error] ALERT - configured fileupload limit exceeded - file dropped
Again, that happened when trying to upload an 8k gif.
So I think other functions required for uploads are also being blacklisted. Can you tell me which functions have been disabled for my account since you've also blacklisted calls to php info() and there's no way for me to check?
Also, even though my PHP permissions were upgraded to Intermediate according, the mail() error above confirms they weren't.
My account page says
"Mail(), eval() functions allowed" and
"File uploads enabled"
Since the first one is incorrect, I can only assume the second is too.